A drastic fall in humanitarian funds and uncertainty about repatriation mark the seventh anniversary of Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, thereby putting both refugees and host communities at risk, experts said.Those involved in the humanitarian assistance at grass-roots level have cautioned that thousands at Rohingya camps are in peril as they...
Read moreChief Adviser of the Interim Government Dr Muhammad Yunus exchanging views with top officials of different non-governmental organisations on the prevailing flood situation in the country at a meeting at his Jamuna State Guest House residence on Saturday — PID
Read moreNAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOLCHATTOGRAM, Aug 24: A 45-kilometre tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway due to the severe flooding in the district with some 3,500 vehicles stranded on Thursday night.The gridlock stretched on the both sides from Lalpole of Feni to Chowddagram of Cumilla.A large part of the highway went under...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Aug 24 (UNB): A case has been filed against 40,000 unidentified people for carrying out an attack on Kotwali Police Station, looting arms and torching police station on August 5.Ripon Kumar Das, inspector (investigation) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), filed the case under the Special Powers Act and Explosive...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Aug 24 (UNB): Floods continue to wreak havoc across Chattogram, with five confirmed dead and thousands of families stranded. The affected areas include 11 upazilas, where at least 100 unions have been submerged.According to the Chattogram district administration, the flood situation is gradually improving in all upazilas except Mirsharai....
Read moreThree hundred and three dengue patients were hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours until Saturday morning, reports UNB.Of the new patients, 158 were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while the rest were outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.Some 1086 patients are receiving treatment in different...
Read moreStudents at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) staged a protest on Saturday in response to an announcement by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement's chief coordinator, Asadullah Al Galib, instructing students to vacate their residential halls, reports UNB.Galib cited security concerns as the reason for his directive, following accusations that...
Read moreVolunteers carry relief materials for flood victims in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on Saturday. Nearly 300,000 people are taking refuge in emergency shelters from floods that inundated vast areas of the low-lying South Asian country. The floods were triggered by heavy monsoon rains and have killed at least 42 people...
Read moreAs many as 462 km of road have been damaged by floods induced by upstream runoff and heavy rain in 12 districts including- Feni, Cumilla, Habiganj and Moulvibazar, reports bdnews24.com.A report by the Roads and Highways Department revealed the damage to the road network of the Cumilla, Sylhet and Chattogram...
Read moreLight to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh...
Read moreFE REPORTKhandoker Rafiqul Islam, managing director of Designtex Knitwear Ltd, has been elected as the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).The board of the apparel trade body elected Mr Islam as the new president at an emergency meeting held at a city hotel on Saturday, after SM...
Read moreFE DeskA Sylhet Court has sent former Supreme Court judge AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik to jail.Judge Alamgir Hossain of Sylhet Judicial Magistrate's Court-1 passed the order on Saturday afternoon, the district police's court inspector, Jamshed Alam, confirmed.Jamshed said the Kanaighat police station arrested Manik under Section 54 of the Penal...
Read moreFormer member of parliament Sadek Khan, who represented the Dhaka-13 constituency, was arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in Dhaka, reports UNB.He was arrested on Saturday evening in the West Nakhalpara area of the capital, according to a post on DMP's verified Facebook page.
Read moreSaleha Khan, president of the Bangladesh Air Force Women's Welfare Association, hands over relief supplies for flood-affected people to air force personnel at Bangladesh Air Force Base Bashar in Dhaka Cantonment on Friday. — Photo ISPR
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